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http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_241214f.jpgFAO and the United States’ Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) collaborate to reduce biological threats

 

Capacity for detection and prevention of threats caused by zoonotic and high impact diseases on a global scale is a priority focus for the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Similarly, the mandate of the United States’ Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is to reduce threats to humans caused by pathogens and diseases of animal origin. The three main pillars of the DTRA biological threat reduction programme are: i) biosurveillance; ii) biosecurity and biosafety, particularly in laboratories; and iii) cooperation on biological research....[Read more]

 


 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_241214c.jpgPreparing for 2015 launch of a smartphone pilot project (EMA-i) in Mali to improve disease reporting

 

Since the smartphone application EMA-i was first launched in Uganda in summer 2013 to assist with rapid disease reporting from the field (see related news), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has continued to fine-tune the application and promote its use in other regions and countries. When the Malian authorities expressed an interest in implementing the tool for their national veterinary services, a preparation phase was initiated with the aim of launching the project in early 2015. Working in collaboration with colleagues from its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) in Bamako, Mali, FAO implemented...[Read more]

 


 

http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/Images/news_241214.jpgTraining Chinese veterinary services to assess and reduce the risk of an African swine fever incursion

 

As the African swine fever (ASF) situation worsens in many parts of the world, China has become increasingly concerned about the potential introduction of the disease. On 4 July 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a Technical Cooperation Program (TCP) project to increase the preparedness, and develop strategies, for the...[Read more]

 


 

Recent publications/newsletters

 

·         Climate models predict persistent above-average rains and risk of flooding in East Africa: FAO, OIE and WHO warn countries to remain vigilant about Rift Valley fever
EMPRES WATCH ::: Vol. 31-December 2014

·         FAO-ECTAD China Highlights 
Newsletter ::: November 2014, Vol. 70

 


 

Upcoming events

 

·         Research Priorities in Animal Influenza
8-9 January 2015 (Parma, Italy)

·         Eastern Africa African swine fever (ASF) Working Group Workshop
21-22 January 2015 (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

 

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